European Lotteries said European lotteries returned €29.4bn to society in 2024 through funding for sport, culture, heritage, social initiatives and local organisations. The figure was discussed at a Brussels roundtable on national lotteries’ contribution to civil society and European democracy.
The reported amount quantifies lottery proceeds directed to public-benefit causes across Europe.
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The World Lottery Association called for closer international cooperation and common safeguards against illegal gambling and unauthorised prediction markets at a seminar in Lausanne held from 24 to 26 June 2026. The WLA said prediction platforms based on sports or lottery outcomes require local licences, while European Lotteries backed national regulation and cross-border enforcement cooperation.
European Lotteries said it is working with White Bullet Solutions on a pilot to assess illegal online gambling and enforcement tools in France, Poland and Greece. The project will identify illegal gambling sites, analyse advertising on social platforms and examine whether digital platforms can help prevent services from facilitating unauthorised gambling.
The European Lotteries association has published an analysis on how lotteries should approach modernisation through 2035, including a contribution from Scientific Games. The publication says there is no single valid path for all lotteries, given differing digital maturity, technology infrastructure, distribution networks, regulatory constraints and player habits. It frames modernisation as a permanent organisational capability rather than a single project.
The UKGC's lotteries toolkit says small society lotteries must register with the local authority covering their principal office. Societies must seek a UKGC operating licence if proceeds exceed £20,000 for one draw or £250,000 across a year.
Small society lotteries do not need a licence from the UKGC but must be registered with the local authority for the area where the society's principal office is located, according to the regulator's lotteries toolkit. A society lottery is defined as a lottery promoted for the benefit of a non-commercial society, meaning one established and conducted for charitable purposes, to enable or support participation in sport, athletics or a cultural activity, or for another non-commercial purpose other than private gain.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is considering the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which temporarily suspended the regulated fixed-odds betting market. At a 3 November hearing, Justice Luiz Fux raised questions about legal certainty, non-retroactivity and the measure’s constitutional basis; the source says the court may consider how a ruling affects companies already approved. A separate appellate ruling granted temporary relief to CDA Gaming, though the source text ends before detailing its effect.
Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) scheduled a hearing on November 3, and 36 associations attended to debate Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026. Under that measure, Brazil's regulated fixed-odds betting market was put on temporary hold.